Communication Quote by Alan Weiss

“A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.”

— Fred Allen

An organization must always remember that its objective is not getting people to listen to speeches by experts, but getting them to speak for…

— Guy Debord

When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.

— Dana Perino

As a chairman I sometimes sat in a room adjacent to the dressing room, listening to various managers give team-talks, often thinking I'd heard…

— Simon Jordan

“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF.”

— Jason Fried

“He is susceptible to conference room boredom and is incapable of talking to businessmen, particularly the run-of-the-mill variety. Nero is allergic to the vocabulary…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Meetings are at the heart of an effective organization, and each meeting is an opportunity to clarify issues, set new directions, sharpen focus, create…

— Paul Axtell

“Determining who the members of your audience are is the most important piece in the business puzzle.”

— Cendrine Marrouat

Talking things over has its place in an organization [but] so-called conferences are being grossly overdone. One executive stops at the desk of another…

— B. C. Forbes

“organizations are composed of people, and the more effective those people, the stronger the organization.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“And I extend this to so many of our corporate leaders. I ask you to draw your eye down to our glorious professional leaders…

— Adam Nevill

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

— Pat Riley